budo

Definitions

Japanese martial arts.

uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Despite the apparent oddness of this characterization of the art of the warrior as a practice of love⟳, Ueshiba insisted that his perspective faithfully represented the essence of traditional budō.”

“It is the principle of nonresistance that distinguishes aikidō from other forms of budō.”

“The same approach⟳ was maintained through the 1990s, when the guidelines for budō in school encouraged kendō practice as a way for every individual to ‘be rich in humanity and strong in body’ but also emphasised the idea of Japanese budō as a unique component of their we-group identity.”

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